Refer to http://sunilrav.com/post/Enable-Basic-Authetication-in-Aspnet-webapi-using-ThinktectureIdentityModel to enable basic authentication.
Add this method in WebApiConfig class
private static void ConfigureCors(HttpConfiguration config)
{
var corsConfig = new WebApiCorsConfiguration();
corsConfig.RegisterGlobal(config);
corsConfig
.ForAllResources()
.ForAllOrigins()
.AllowAllMethods()
.AllowAllRequestHeaders()
.AllowAll();
}
Call ConfigureCors in Register method in WebApiConfig class
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
var authentication = CreateAuthenticationConfiguration();
config.MessageHandlers.Add(new AuthenticationHandler(authentication));
ConfigureCors(config);
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute( name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional } );
config.EnableSystemDiagnosticsTracing();
}
Make sure your web.config looks like this
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="false">
<remove name="WebDAVModule" />
</modules>
<handlers>
<remove name="WebDAV"/>
<remove name="OPTIONSVerbHandler"/>
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>